Comments on: Susan Abulhawa – Does Israel Really Have a Right to Exist?

By: AHMED K

AHMED K — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:30:41 +0000

@Nicholas Dunne-Lynch – "Israel" will never have a right to exist… The only workable solution, is the complete dismantling of the Jewish State. Jews can live as adherents of the religion Judaism, but the Land is Palestine and the People are Palestinian.

If a man comes from another town, to your neighbourhood, goes to your neighbour, kills half of his family,forcibly evicts some of the family, takes the house as his own and now expects us to accept him as a neighbour. The Jewish State wants the debate to start from this point.
i.e. forget how he came to be the neighbour, rather focus on what type of neighbour he is …..

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:04:23 +0000

Makes me ill to hear the propaganda in the US. It is one giant scam.

By: Cynara

Cynara — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:08:35 +0000

To Nicholas

The israel presence is a fact, yes, given by UN. But they get more and more lando every day, That is illegal, and invasion.

So when they go back to their borders , and the allow humanity help, perhaps we can find a solution.

Do you know the fleet Free Gaza can ´t departure from Chipre because of israeli ´s authorities. What is that ? Where are the rights of palestinian?

By: Eugene Weixel

Eugene Weixel — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 16:29:53 +0000

Originally Posted By bozhpeople now living in expalestine have the right to exist and to live in palestina.blockquote> Hmmm....... I'm not so sure about that. Given the collective conduct of the Jews who went to Palestine not as immigrants but as conquerors I'd have to say that morally that "right" is up to the Palestinian (Arab) people to decide. I would advise jewish people who now reside in Palestine and who have no alternative place to be to start trying very hard to be good and worthy neighbors, thereby perhaps making their case.

By: Nicholas Dunne-Lynch

Nicholas Dunne-Lynch — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 09:01:37 +0000

Oh, yes, deny everyone everyone's tights except those of the Palestinians is a sure way of solving the problem. The Jewish people also have roots in the land. The only workable solution must recognize the right of everyone. Solving one problem by creating another is the root of the present situation. Won't solve the problem by beating your head against a stone wall. The presence of Israel is a fact. Israeli possession of the land is a fact. Rejectionism only plays into the hands of Israeli rejectionists, and serves to legitimize the situation in their eyes. Both peoples have rights. Now, start from there.

By: Cynara

Cynara — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:47:44 +0000

Mana Republic? that sounds as a israeli republic. We can think, we can write in blog, in web, but the solution will became from palestinians, and that it seemed to be so far…..

Thanks Susan for your words, I agree with them all.

VIVA PALESTINA LIBRE!

By: Mana Republic

Mana Republic — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:33:02 +0000

Dear Ms Abulhawa

Come on guys! it is time to start thinking in finding a solution to this horrible problem.
What abaout disolve Israel present state and creat a new country called the "Mana Republic". This new country sould embrace the Palestinian territory and ofcourse it should embrace the human rights and democracy.
Lets start from today to think in how to relate to some body without connecting the past and find a better style of life rather than been thinking in war and destruction.

By: Marilyn Shepherd

Marilyn Shepherd — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 05:14:34 +0000

Actually in law Israel does not exist and never has. Just the people who are living there are squatters and illegal immigrants, thieves and barbarians with tiny ideas dressed up as grand plans.

By: Llyn24

Llyn24 — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:14:41 +0000

israel has not right whatsoever to exist and the League of Nations did not have the right to hand the Partitioned land to them.

What we need is another vote in the UN with no right of VETO and send the Israelis to their homeland
in Biribidijan which has existed since 1924. There was no need for them to settle in Palestine. This is the worst crime against humanity of the last 80yrs. The previous one was when the Jews starved 11 million Ukrainian men, women and children to death deliberately in 1932/33 under the guise of Communism.

They do not deserve to live amongst other people – they need to live somewhere totally alone so that they do not have to mix or harm anyone else.

Before Jews leave Israel they need to be stripped of every single thing they own – I was in Haifa in 1948 when they came to Shari AlQuds and I will never forget what I witness. LONG LIVE PALESTINE AND PALESTINIAN MOTHERS.

By: traducteur

traducteur — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:26:58 +0000

Well said, Ms. Abulhawa. Palestine is the ancestral homeland of the Palestinian people, no one else. The Jewish inhabitants of that country are newcomers having no connection to the land of any kind.

By: bozh

bozh — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:35:40 +0000

neither israel nor 'jewish' state has the right to exist. But people now living in expalestine have the right to exist and to live in palestina.
One state solution appears better. We cannnot give up on the second-dearest panhuman right because others may emulate 'jews' and rob other peoples' of their land.

in any case, 5mn cultists in israel cannot forever dictate to the rest of the world terms of war and peace.
above all, people want to survive and wld do anything in order to ensure survival.
and israel or 'jewish' state is threat to much of the ME.
s'mthing's gotta give.